Old Dominion Freight Line
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Old Dominion Freight Line is a major American less-than-truckload (LTL) motor carrier known for its nationwide freight transportation and logistics services.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Dominion Freight Line canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7743756 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Dominion Freight Line Context triple: [Old Dominion, inspiredNameOf, Old Dominion Freight Line]
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A.
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation is a major U.S. freight railroad company operating an extensive rail network across the eastern United States.
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B.
Norfolk Southern Railway
Norfolk Southern Railway is a major U.S. freight railroad company operating an extensive rail network across the eastern United States.
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C.
CSX
CSX is the IATA airport code for Changsha Huanghua International Airport, the main air gateway serving Changsha in Hunan Province, China.
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D.
BG Freight Line
BG Freight Line is a short-sea container shipping and logistics company operating services across Northern Europe and the UK and Ireland.
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E.
YRC Worldwide
YRC Worldwide is a large American less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation and logistics company headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Dominion Freight Line Target entity description: Old Dominion Freight Line is a major American less-than-truckload (LTL) motor carrier known for its nationwide freight transportation and logistics services.
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A.
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation is a major U.S. freight railroad company operating an extensive rail network across the eastern United States.
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B.
Norfolk Southern Railway
Norfolk Southern Railway is a major U.S. freight railroad company operating an extensive rail network across the eastern United States.
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C.
CSX
CSX is the IATA airport code for Changsha Huanghua International Airport, the main air gateway serving Changsha in Hunan Province, China.
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D.
BG Freight Line
BG Freight Line is a short-sea container shipping and logistics company operating services across Northern Europe and the UK and Ireland.
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E.
YRC Worldwide
YRC Worldwide is a large American less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation and logistics company headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
ⓘ
less-than-truckload carrier ⓘ transport company ⓘ |
| businessModel | less-than-truckload shipping ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfHeadquarters |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fleetType |
straight trucks
ⓘ
tractor-trailers ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Earl Congdon Sr.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lillian Congdon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBrandAbbreviation | ODFL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoreBusiness | LTL freight transportation ⓘ |
| hasCustomerType | business-to-business ⓘ |
| hasKeyFamily | Congdon family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMarket | United States LTL market ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor |
high service quality
ⓘ
on-time delivery ⓘ |
| hasSafetyFocus | commercial motor carrier safety programs ⓘ |
| hasServiceArea |
North America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
continental United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.odfl.com ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Thomasville, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1934 ⓘ |
| industry |
freight transportation
ⓘ
logistics ⓘ transportation ⓘ trucking ⓘ |
| isMajorPlayerIn | American LTL industry ⓘ |
| isPublicCompany | true ⓘ |
| languageOfOperation | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | public corporation ⓘ |
| offersService |
domestic freight transportation
ⓘ
global freight forwarding through partners ⓘ |
| operates | service centers network ⓘ |
| operatesInSector | freight transportation and logistics ⓘ |
| operatesMode | road freight ⓘ |
| originalLocation | Richmond, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceType |
expedited transportation
ⓘ
inter-regional LTL service ⓘ less-than-truckload freight ⓘ logistics services ⓘ national LTL service ⓘ regional LTL service ⓘ supply chain consulting ⓘ |
| stockExchange | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | ODFL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Old Dominion Freight Line Description of subject: Old Dominion Freight Line is a major American less-than-truckload (LTL) motor carrier known for its nationwide freight transportation and logistics services.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Old Dominion